Church groups, geared up to welcome refugee families, looked in dismay at homes prepared for families that may never arrive. Included is a 90-day ban on travel to the U.S. by citizens of Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia or Yemen and a 120-day suspension of the U.S. refugee program. Meathaq Alaunaibi, also a refugee from Iraq, was hoping to soon be reunited with her twin 18-year-old daughters who are in Baghdad. "My mom was already having pain enough to go through this on top of the pain that she's having," Ulayyet said. ———Associated Press writers Verena Dobnik and Karen Matthews in New York and Caryn Rousseau in Chicago contributed to this report.

Source: ABC News January 28, 2017 22:02 UTC